The ivy plant is native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan. There are two native species ...

But some climbing plants may weaken the walls. At Bridge Hotel in Mombasa, there is an ivy plant that has climbed up about 100 metres tall. Jeff Njuguna, the operations manager at the hotel says ...

I swore I would never plant ivy again. Too aggressive ... and also parts of sunny North Africa. Ivy is loved by the French, who place great store on formal gardens. They have the good sense ...